Wayland fight victim speaks at hearing

ALLEGAN -- The student victim of a Wayland Union High School hallway beating, caught on a cell phone camera and posted on the Internet, is fearful of ridicule from other students when school starts.

"I have to go back to school in a week and face all those kids who watched me get beat up and did nothing, knowing they are not going to support me, and they are going to put me down," the sophomore student told a judge after watching a former classmate admit in court to assaulting her.

Sydnee Rae Longhurst, 15, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault Tuesday in Allegan County juvenile court. She will be sentenced next month.

Her accused co-conspirator, Crystal VanderLaan, is awaiting trial.

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Wayland fightWayland Union High School freshman being attacked by two female classmates.